Receptacle for cuspidors.



J. GARNOT.

REGEPTAGLE FOR GUSPIDORS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.17, 1911.

993,958 Patented May 30,1911.

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JOHN CARNOT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECEPTAGLE FOR CUSPIIDORS.

Application filed January 17, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CARNOT, a subject of the Emperor of Austria,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Guspidors,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to receptacles for cuspidors and similar devices,and its object is to provide a box which will be normally closed toconfine the odors which might arise from a cuspidor and having a hingedlid which is elevated by a rod when it is desired to secure access tothe interior of the box. These and other objects and details of theinvention are more fully described in the following specification, setforth in the claim and illustrated in the drawings,

wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of thedevice. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the means for raising the lid.

The receptacle consists of a box 5 of any desired shape or size,supported on legs 6, and having a top 7 which is hinged at the rear sideof the box and has the projecting edge 8. .The box is provided with abottom 9, and has a disk 10 with a hole in same to receive the cuspidor11 which is supported by the rim 12 at its upper end. The rear edge ofthe top 7 has a slot 13 covered on its top side by the perforated plate14, and through the perforation in this plate passes a rod 15 having inits upper end the handle 16 while near its lower end and above the plate14- is the offset- 17. The lower end 18 of the rod is turned upward andWorks in a slot 19 in the rear wall of the box. Pressing upon the lowerend of the rod is a spring 20 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3%), 1911.

Serial No. 603,160.

to hold the rod in its normal position, and when it is desired to raisethe lid of the box, the rod 15 is pressed downward, the oiiset 17bearing upon the plate 14 and causing the lid 7 to swing upward on itshinges 21.

As will be seen in Fig. 3 in dotted lines, after the rod is pusheddownward it is then pressed inward slightly, bringing the lid to aposition so that the cuspidor may be used, and upon releasing the handlethe weight of the lid and the pressure of the spring 20 cause the rod tomove upward allowing the box to close. The rod 15 also serves as a meansfor carrying the box around to various points, and it is obvious thatthe parts may be otherwise arranged and modified without departing fromthe essential fea tures above described and the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,-

A receptacle for cuspidors comprising a box, a lid horizontally mountedon the said box, a rod slidably engaging the said box and the said lid,a spring secured to the said box and engaging the said rod and an offsetformed on the said rod and adapted to engage the said lid when the saidrod is moved downwardly against the action of the said spring to openthe said lid relatively to the said box, the said spring being adaptedto normally reposition the said rod when the same is released.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN OARNOT. l/Vitnesses:

JAMES F. DUHAMEL, THEO. H. FRIEND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

